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Who is the designer behind Haiku's icons and general "feel"? It looks really nice.

c0balt 4y ago
I can't speak to the specific person(s) however the Haiku inc. (The non-profit for Haiku Org stuff) has an FAQ entry about them: https://www.haiku-inc.org/trademarks/haiku_icons/ https://www.haiku-inc.org/trademarks/haiku_icons/ Edit: Fixed typo
waddlesplash 4y ago
That would be "stippi" aka. Stephan Aßmus on both counts, I believe. At least the icon style was chosen after a competition all the way back in 2006, where stippi's style got the most votes [1]. The look & feel of controls was done by him in 2009 [2], not sure if there was ever an announcement about that (I see an old forum thread that may be related, though.) These days, stippi does not have much time for Haiku, but there are a number of developers & community members who have picked up where he left off, continuing work on the UI and drawing new icons when required. (Old hands from the BeOS days may remember stippi as the co-developer of the shareware "WonderBrush", which now runs on Haiku and has been open-sourced [3].) [1]: https://www.haiku-os.org/news/2006-11-03_icon_contest_and_best_rated_icon_set_award_goes/ https://www.haiku-os.org/news/2006-11-03_icon_contest_and_be... [2]: https://github.com/haiku/haiku/commit/2f86ba45579bdc9648b232175f87edc62ab71b54 https://github.com/haiku/haiku/commit/2f86ba45579bdc9648b232... [3]: https://github.com/stippi/WonderBrush-v2/ https://github.com/stippi/WonderBrush-v2/
brobinson 4y ago
Where do you even see them? I clicked around the website for a minute and can't find a freaking screenshot of anything anywhere. How frustrating.
- waddlesplash 4y ago
  The front-page should probably have more screenshots, yeah. There's a screenshot tour here: https://www.haiku-os.org/slideshows/haiku-1/ https://www.haiku-os.org/slideshows/haiku-1/ And the release notes, linked from the release announcement, have screenshots: https://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku/r1beta4/release-notes/ https://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku/r1beta4/release-notes/
- layer8 4y ago
  The user guide has some: https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/gui.html https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/gui.html

I can't speak to the specific person(s) however the Haiku inc. (The non-profit for Haiku Org stuff) has an FAQ entry about them: https://www.haiku-inc.org/trademarks/haiku_icons/ https://www.haiku-inc.org/trademarks/haiku_icons/ Edit: Fixed typo

waddlesplash 4y ago

That would be "stippi" aka. Stephan Aßmus on both counts, I believe. At least the icon style was chosen after a competition all the way back in 2006, where stippi's style got the most votes [1]. The look & feel of controls was done by him in 2009 [2], not sure if there was ever an announcement about that (I see an old forum thread that may be related, though.) These days, stippi does not have much time for Haiku, but there are a number of developers & community members who have picked up where he left off, continuing work on the UI and drawing new icons when required. (Old hands from the BeOS days may remember stippi as the co-developer of the shareware "WonderBrush", which now runs on Haiku and has been open-sourced [3].) [1]: https://www.haiku-os.org/news/2006-11-03_icon_contest_and_best_rated_icon_set_award_goes/ https://www.haiku-os.org/news/2006-11-03_icon_contest_and_be... [2]: https://github.com/haiku/haiku/commit/2f86ba45579bdc9648b232175f87edc62ab71b54 https://github.com/haiku/haiku/commit/2f86ba45579bdc9648b232... [3]: https://github.com/stippi/WonderBrush-v2/ https://github.com/stippi/WonderBrush-v2/

brobinson 4y ago

Where do you even see them? I clicked around the website for a minute and can't find a freaking screenshot of anything anywhere. How frustrating.

waddlesplash 4y ago
The front-page should probably have more screenshots, yeah. There's a screenshot tour here: https://www.haiku-os.org/slideshows/haiku-1/ https://www.haiku-os.org/slideshows/haiku-1/ And the release notes, linked from the release announcement, have screenshots: https://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku/r1beta4/release-notes/ https://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku/r1beta4/release-notes/
layer8 4y ago
The user guide has some: https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/gui.html https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/gui.html